Improvement in packages for transmission of dental foil



R. S. WILLIAMS. Package for Transmission of Dental-Foil.

No; 2o"9,-002.-- Patented Oct. 15, I878.

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RICHARD S \VILLIAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKAGES FOR TRANSMISSlON 0F DENTAL FOIL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,002, dated October15, 1878 application vfiled June 11, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD S. WILLIAMs, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Package for theTransmission and Exhibition of Foil for Dental Purposes, &c.; and thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

The invention is a package for the transmission or otherwise of dentalfoil or other articles, consisting of a tightly-sealed transparentreceptacle, which contains the foil, the said receptacle being fittedwithin a longitudinal opening formed in an outer protectingcase, thesaidlongitudinal opening being closed by a sealed and stamped wrapper,and the protecting-case provided with an opening in its side, throughwhich the contents of the transparent receptacle inclosed within thecase may be examined without removing it from said case.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a front viewof my improved package; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section of same throughline aa; Figs. 3 and 4, front elevations of packages, showing slides forcovering the opening for discerning contents; and Fig. 5, an end view ofpackage, showing aperture through which the vial is inserted and coveredby the paper wrapper.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

For the purpose of transmitting and exhibiting pellets and other formsof foil for dentists use, the pellets, &c., are commonly inclosed or putup in small glass vials, within which they are tightly corked to keepthe pellets from the air. To transmit this dental foil without danger offracturing the vial, and yet permit the contents of the vial to bereadily ascertained by the purchaser, is of much importance, not only topreserve the vial inelosing the foil, but to preserve it so that apurchaser may readily ascertain the character of the content-s of thevial-v-iz., form and size of the dental pellets or blocks-withoutnecessitating the removal of the vial containing the foil from itsinelosing package until the purchaser shall discover the particular formof dental foil he desires, so that, the vial containin g the foil beingonce inclosed in its package for transmission in the hands of atraveling salesman, or by express, or otherwise, it need not be removeduntil it is to be used by the dentist.

Another advantage to be derived from inclosing the foil in this way isthat it has sometimes happened that dishonest persons have broken openthe ordinary packages containing dental foil, &c., and have removed thewhole or part of the foil, so that when the purchaser receives it hediscovers the loss and holds the sender responsible; but by inelosingthe vial containing the dental gold, &c., in a package which will admitof an inspection of its contents, and which package is enwrapped in aninelosing wrapper, which seals up the aperture through which the vialwas inserted, and is at the same time sealed up witha stamp, forinstance, of peculiar design or construction,

the abstraction of the gold, &c., from the package would become apparentfrom an inspection of the contents of the package, and the broken sealwould indicate that the gold, &c., had been abstracted while in transit,and the loss would fall on the purchaser, at whose risk it would besent.

To accomplish these desirable results a glass vial, A, of any convenientsize or form, has placed within it the pellets or other forms of dentalgold or other foil, B, or other material. The vial, being tightly corkedto exclude the air, is inserted within a package, (3. This package maybe made from wood or other suitable material sufficiently rigid topreserve the vial from damage, and it is provided with an opening, a,which opening may be protected by a removable or sliding cover, b. Afterthe vial is inserted in the packing C the exterior of the last-mentionedpackage is enwrapped with a paper covering, 0, as shown in Fig. 2,sealing up-the aperture 0, through which the vial was introduced intothe package (J, and bearing the address of the person to whom it issent, and secured to the package 0 by a stamp, d, or other device, whichwill indicate whether the package has been tampered with after theinclosure of the vial therein.

The foil being inclosed for transmission in the manner I have described,it enables the purchaser to ascertain the character of the contents byremoving the slide 1) from the opening a, and also makes apparent by thedisarrangement of the stamp d any attempt that has been made to tampertherewith.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described means for transmitting dental gold,eonsisting of atightly covered or sealed transparent receptacle complete in itself andcontaining the gold, an independently-sealedrigid protecting-ease, inWhichsaid receptacle is placed, having an inspection opening and asealing and stamped wrapper inelosing' the said proteot-ingeease, so asto prevent fraudulent access to its contents, and serving to retain thegold-receptacle Within said case substantially as specified.

RIOHI). S. WILLIAMS.

\Vitnesses E. D. GRANT, F. J. MCGIRE.

